WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY:
GEORGIA

UNIFEM WOMEN, WAR AND PEACE WEB PORTAL: GEORGIA

"Not only humanitarian help was necessary there, but also fact finding, documenting, analyzing and conducting recommendations on how to recreate strategy for Women's human rights protection."

Women and Armed Conflict Working Group member from Georgia on her experience working with the Georgian Red Cross

“They (political figures and the media) wanted to speak with us because we were politically neutral, a very strong group that included respected women from the university. […] The best way to make peace is to focus on common activities, common life. If you only speak about peace, no one will tell you they want war. What counts is how you go about bringing peace. […] We tried to have demonstrations, to engage political groups. But we could not pressure the political process very much. The women’s movement was simply not strong enough.”

Nani Chanishvili was a professor of linguistics. Today she sits in Parliament and continues to play a key role in establishing the Gender Development Association of Georgia and in strengthening the foundations of the women’s NGO movement across the Caucasus.